until fireflies do us part

Theory · 10-03-2021, 06:07 PM

As Thalia returned to her side, Theory finally managed to tear her gaze away from the fireflies. Her familiar warmth was like a ward against all of the strange and bad in the world. And so part of her didn't want to look when Thalia asked, "have you ever seen anything like that?" It would just be another interruption from the perfect warmth. In fact, part of her just wanted to plain go back to sleep. Maybe it was all a dream, and when they awoke in the groggy light of the true morning, Theo would tell her all about it and they could both chuckle. Another sharp wind came off of the ocean, starting with a fierce chill and ending as warm as any steam that floated off of the hot springs. Her eyes even watered at the heat of it. No, despite how she'd wish to pretend otherwise, this was real. Finally she peered up to where Thalia's muzzle was pointed.

Stars raced across the sky, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs - and very rarely, a complete deluge at once. Theo's eyes opened wide. "No," she said softly, "I've never seen anything like that all." Theory thought that perhaps it was true, something like this had never happened before. Maybe it never would again. And they were here, bearing witness to it, on this beach. Fireflies streaked and gathered and danced across the surface of the ocean but they were long forgotten. Her attention was rapt on the sky above. "What... does it mean?"

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